Alterations In Temperature Regulation

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What does DEHISCENCE mean?

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Separation or splitting open layers of a surgical wound

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What does EVISCERATION mean?

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Extrusion of viscera or intestine through a surgical wound

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Does dehiscence or evisceration come first?

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Dehiscence

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Increased muscle activity is due to...?

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Heat gain

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Increased metabolism is due to...?

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Heat gain

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What is another name for "fever"?

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Pyrexia

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What are the substances that produce fever called?

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Pyrogens

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Exogenous pyrogens are derived from..?

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Contact outside the body. ex- contact with sick saliva

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Endogenous pyrogens are derived from..?

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Induced cells inside the body to produce fever. ex- auto immune disease

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What does defervescence mean?

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Sweating

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What does pandrome mean?

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Early signs

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What is myalgia?

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Muscle aches

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What is arthralgia?

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Joints aches and pains

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What are the cardinal LOCAL signs of inflammation?

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Heat, redness, swelling, pain, loss of function

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What are the SYSTEMIC manifestations of acute inflammation?

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Fever, increased WBC's

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What does chronic mean?

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Week or longer

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What are the 3 R's of tissue repair and wound healing?

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Regeneration, Resolution, Repair

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When does the reconstructive phase begin after an injury?

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3-4 days and can go as long as 2 weeks

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When does the maturation phase begin after an injury?

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Several weeks

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Wound healing by PRIMARY intention has a lot or little tissue loss?

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Little

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Wound healing by SECONDARY intention has a lot or little tissue loss?

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Lot

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What does hypovolemia mean?

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Low volume of blood

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Necrotic tissue means?

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Dead tissue

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What cells appear at the injury site within 24 hours or up to 7 days later and have a long term defense?

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Macrophages

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What is a NATURAL KILLER CELL and is produces virus fighters(immunity)?

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Lymphocytes

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What cell is a granulocyte that defends against parasites and also controls the inflammatory response by degrading histamine and serotonin?

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Eosinophils

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What cells help stop bleeding by adhering to each other at the injury site to form a plug?

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Platelets

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What cells are WBC's that release histamine and other chemicals that act on blood vessels?

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Basophils

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What cells are always circulating watching for signs of infection?

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Mast cells

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Mast cells activate inflammatory response by d____?

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Degranulation. Which is release of granular contents into extracellular matrix (histamines)

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What cellular product controls local and systematic inflammatory response?

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Cytokines

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What is the largest defense against viral infection?

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INTERFERons

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What is the sequence of events in the inflammatory response? VMNIWVF

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Vasoconstriction. Mast cells. Neutrophils. Increased permeability. Other WBC's. Vasodilation. Fiberin builds up

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Which part of the brain is responsible for temperature regulation?

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Hypothalamus

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What does ABC's mean?

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Airway, Breathing, Circulation